My Provia Dilemma

So I had a roll of expired (by one year but freezer kept) Provia 100F that I thought I'd have fun with. I loaded it into my Lubitel 2 and took it to the beach. My plan all along was to cross-process the roll in C-41 chemicals.

Well as these things go, I ended up with a handful of frames (portraits) that I'd rather not chance. Since I wasn't using a light meter, I think I may have overexposed these frames by, at most, one stop. They were taken in full sun, f/11 at 1/250, though I doubt the shutter is quite that fast (1/200 maybe).

So I'm wondering, do I want to cross-process the film myself, or send it off to a lab... and what -- ask them to pull it by one stop? (I'm not doing E-6 at home quite yet.) Does cross-processing buy me any latitude? How is Provia's latitude compared to other slide films?

The other factor here is that I'd really like to print these frames optically. So another point for cross-processing, since any post-Ilfochrome attempt to print the slide (e.g. RA-4 reversal) is going to give me offbeat colors anyhow. But if I did nail the exposure, I think these will be beautiful chromes. What to do, what to do?

Optical printing aside, all factors based on your post support normal processing. If these are keepers as you suspect they are, then you may have to accept that you will only be able to scan and digitally print. Cross developing, in my view, is not something to apply to keeper images.

Thanks all. Since the majority is suggesting normal (E-6) processing, apparently I haven't described a situation that sounds hopeless. I'm thinking even a half-stop pull would be equivalent to splitting hairs -- or just a waste of a few extra dollars. Printing will be another matter.